Bug 190509

Summary:	kopete ignores encrypted messages (GnuPG)
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Stefan Endrullis <stefan>
Component:	Jabber Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	joerg, pali.rohar
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	0.70.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	4.3
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Stefan Endrullis 2009-04-24 14:18:31 UTC

Version:           0.70.2 (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

I've tried the following: I've written an encrypted message via a KDE3 kopete client to a KDE4 kopete client (Version 0.70.2 with KDE 4.2.2). The second one doesn't have the cryptographic plugin installed. But apart from the fact that this client is not able to decrypt the message it should at least display a hint that it has received an "unknown" message or something like that, but it doesn't display anything!
Thus the first person thinks the 2nd one got the message and the 2nd thinks the first one never wrote a message.

Comment 1 Matt Rogers 2009-07-05 05:56:43 UTC

Which protocol are you using to send the message?

Comment 2 Stefan Endrullis 2009-07-05 14:58:31 UTC

I'm using jabber to send encrypted messages.

In in KDE3 version of kopete it worked well. When I got an encrypted message and kopete was unable to decrypt it a hint (something like "unable to decrypt message") appeared in the chat window. I wish that the KDE4 version of kopete could give the user a similar hint instead of just ignoring the message.

Comment 3 Matt Rogers 2009-08-01 21:05:52 UTC

is the cryptography plugin installed?

Comment 4 Jörg Endrullis 2009-08-04 15:40:08 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> is the cryptography plugin installed?

I had the same problem. The cryptography plugin is not installed as it is not currently not available for debian.

In version 0.70.4 the problem seems to be half fixed. At least the user is informed that an encrypted message has been received. However, I don't understand why the message is not displayed, the encrypted message is just ASCII text like every other message. If it would be displayed, then I could at least encrypt it using kgpg.

Comment 5 Pali Rohár 2013-10-23 08:43:58 UTC

Signed/encrypted messages are sending in special xml tag in xmpp message (as specified in xmpp pgp extenstion). So content of pgp message is not visible by default and you need cryptography plugin for it.

But since Kopete KDE 4.3 (svn rev 1036361) there is option in jabber account dialog in Privacy tab, to not use xmpp pgp extension, but put all pgp messages directly to xmpp message. This is for jabber clients which do not support that xmpp pgp extension.

So I'm closing this bug as fixed.